杰佩托是一个孤苦伶仃的老木匠，妻子去世后，他一直渴望能有一个儿子陪伴在自己身边。一天，杰佩托用从邻居那里借来的一段胡桃木作了一个木偶，谁知木偶却变成了一个小男孩，并声称自己的名字叫皮诺曹。自从有了皮诺曹这个儿子，杰佩托对他关爱备至，甚至变卖了唯一的御寒袄子给皮诺曹缝制了一身新衣服，并送他去上学。
然而，淘气的皮诺曹为了逃学竟随曼加波克的魔术团离家出走。离开家的日子里，皮诺曹经历了许多稀奇古怪的事情，也经历了各种危险。为此，把他变成小男孩的蓝仙女还两次把他变回了木偶。在经历了各种危险和挫折后，皮诺曹渐渐地懂得了父亲杰佩托的一片苦心。最终在掉进鲨鱼口中后，成功救出了早在出海寻找自己时就掉入鲨鱼腹中的爸爸杰佩托。

In Versillia's sandy beaches during the summer of 1956, a gawky adolescent, Sandro, spends his vacation by the sea, along with his family and the intriguingly beautiful Laura, wife of Sandro's older brother, Renzo. Under those circumstances, strange as it may seem, at first, Sandro seems annoyed by Laura's presence, however, little by little, as the two of them spend more and more time together at the beach, something will ignite a spark of interest in his sister-in-law. Sandro is determined to get what he wants, nevertheless, is Laura willing to give in?

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.